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S. P. BAGG.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG.14,1907.

91 1, 193. Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE. SAMUEL F. BAGG OF'LEXINGTON,'MASSAOHUSET'FS, ASSIGNOR TO MARY LOUISE BAGG, OF

4 LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

. PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

. Application filed August 14, 1907. Serial No. 388,467.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, SAMUEL F. BAGG, a citlzen of the United States,residing at Lexington, in the county of Middlesex and State.

of Massachusetts, have invented. certain new and useful lmprovementsinFins, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to garment fasteners or pins and-spreadersadapted particularly for ladies garments, and its object is to providean improved device'adapted'to fasten the ends or edges of collars,cuffs, shirt waists and other garments, and also to provide an improvedspreader or supporter for soft or flexible collars or the like tokeepthe same in position and prevent them from wrinkling. The cap of thedevice is adapted to receive ornamentation and may be given theappearanceof a brooch or any other style of ornamental pin desired.

fasteners showing the cap In the accompanyingdrawings illustratingcertain embodiments of my invention,- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa number of pins or fasteners mounted on a common base which acts as aspreader or supporter; Fig. 2 is a side View of one of the pins or inits raised or open position; Fig. 3 illustrates the device shown in Fig.2 with the cap in its closed position; Fig. 4 illustrates a modificationin which a plurality of caps are joined together by a barhinged at oneend to a body portion having a plurality'of retaining arms; Fig. 5'

is a side elevation showing the modification illustrated in Fig. 4: withthe bar and caps in their closed position; and Fig. 6 is a modificationshowing a form of locking means between the cap and the base.

The body portion 1 maybe of metal,celluloid, rubber, bone, or othersuitable material. When the bodyportion 1 carries a plurality of pins,as shown in Fig. 1, it is desirable that the same be made of celluloid,rubber or some such material which-is sufiiciently flexible to conformto the contour of the body of the wearer. If the pins are not to bemounted. on a common base to be used as a spreader but are to beusedseparately, the

base 1 may be made of metal and the upturned retaining arms 2 maybe madeintegral therewith. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, however, thebase 'lis shown as formed separate from the retaining arms 2, 2, whichare fastened thereto in any suitable way. Hinged to the base 1 at 18 isa link 17, at the other end of which is hinged the cap 16 wherebythe capmay be raised and the garment attached to hooks or arms 2,2, as shown inFig. 2 and the arm 17 may be thereafter swung down until the catch 19 iscaused to engage one of the arms 2, while the catch 20 at the oppositeend of the cap will engage the opposite arm 2, thereby securelyfastening the whole together as shown in Fig. 3 and preventing thegarment from unhooking.

In the modification shown in Fig. i the retaining arms 2, 2, are formedintegral with the body portion 1 and turned upwardly therefrom, and thecaps 16, 16, aremounted on a bar 21 hinged at one end at point 22 to thebody 1. By swinging the bar 21 downwardly the caps 15 cover the upturnedretaining arms 2, thus holding in position any garment attached to thehooks 2, 2. It will be understood that the retaining arms 2, 2, may,'ifdesired, be blunted so as not to penetrate the fabric of the garment, inwhich case the fabric will be held by compression between the retainingarms and the under surfaces of the caps 16. Any suitable method oflocking the caps in their closed position may be employed as, forinstance, the spring prong shown midway between the arms 2, 2,

.ing the caps is shown in Fig. 6 wherein hook 23 is in theform of a pairof upturned points bent in a U-shape with a slightly contracted mouthportion for knob 24 which has a'slightly enlarged head, said knob beingadapted to enter between the springs of the U-shaped member 23.

I claim:

1. A garment fastener, comprising a body portion, a cap adapted tooverlie said body portion, a link hinged at one end to said body portionand at the other end to said cap, and means to hold the edges of agarment or the like between the body portion and the link, and betweenthe cap and the link.

2. A garment fastener, comprising a body portion having a plurality ofretaining arms, and a cap adapted to cover said arms, said cap and bodyportion having an articular connection.

A garment fastener, comprising a body portion having a plurality ofretaining arms, and a cap adapted to cover said arms, said cap and bodyportion having an articular connection, and means to hold said cap inclosed position over said arms.

4, r garment fastener, comprising a body portion having a plurality ofretaining arms, a cap adapted to cover said arms, a link hinged at oneend to said body portion and at its other end to said cap, and means tohold said cap in closed position over said arms.

A. garment fastener, comprising a body portion having thereon oppositelydisposed retaining arms, and an elongated cap spanning the space betweensaid arms and adapted to cover the same, said cap and body portionhaving an articular connection.

6. A garment fastener, comprising a body portion having thereonoppositely disposed retaining arms, an elongated cap spanning the spacebetween said arms and adapted to cover the same, and a link hinged atone end to said body portion and at its other end to said cap.

7. A garment fastener, comprising a body portion having thereonoppositely disposed retaining arms, an elongated cap spanning the spacebetween said arms and adapted to cover the same, a link hinged at oneend to said body portion and at its other end to said cap, and means tohold said body portion, link and cap in closed position with I relationone to another. l S. A pm comprlslng .a body portlon hav arms, the armsin each pair being oppositely disposed, a cap for each pair of armshinged to said body portion and adapted to swing over to engage andcover the ends of said arms, substantially as described.

10. A pin comprising a body portion having a plurality of pairs ofpointed retaining arms, the arms in each pair being oppositely disposed,a cap for each pair of arms, a link for connecting each capindependently to said body portion, and means for attaching said cap tosaid arms, substantially as described,

11. it pin comprising a body portion having a plurality of pairs ofpointed retaining arms, the arms in each pair being oppositely disposed,a cap for each pair of arms, a link hinged at one end to said bodyportion and at its outer end to said cap, and means for locking said capto said arms, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SrLMUEL F. BAG G.

lVitnesses Howann E. BARLOW, E. I. OGDEN.

